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Mr. Hulon Smith

Mr. Hulon Smith

Jul 5, 2017

Funeral services for Mr. Hulon H. Smith will be conducted at 2 pm on Saturday, July 8, 2017 from the Clifton Baptist Church with the Rev. Billy Henry, Rev. Marshall Lum, and Rev. Charles Smith officiating. Interment will follow in the Clifton Baptist Cemetery under the direction of Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Forest. Visitation will be on Friday,...

Jimmy Smith

Jimmy Smith

Jul 3, 2017

Jimmy Wright Smith Bullhead City, AZ Jimmy Wright Smith, 73, passed away July 3, 2017.  Services are 11am Saturday, July 29, 2017, at Lake Harbor Baptist Church in Sandhill, MS, with visitation starting at 10am.  Interment will follow in Florence Cemetery. Mr. Smith loved being outdoors and playing folk music with his friends in Mountain View, AR.  He was a member of Lake...

Mr. Daniel Ferguson

Mr. Daniel Ferguson

Jul 3, 2017

Daniel Lawrence Ferguson, 72, went to be with his Lord on Monday, July 3, 2017 at his home in Byram. Memorial Services are Saturday, July 15, 2017 at 3 pm at Crossgates United Methodist Church in Brandon, MS.  Visitation will begin at 2 pm at Crossgates.  Ott & Lee Funeral Home of Brandon had been entrusted to the care of his arrangements....

Mr. Howard Robinson

Mr. Howard Robinson

Jul 2, 2017

Funeral services for Mr. Howard Glen Robinson will be conducted at 3:00 pm on Monday, July 3, 2017 from the Pine Ridge Cemetery at Lawrence under the direction of Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Forest.  Rev. Ken McLemore will officiate. There will be no visitation. Howard Glen Robinson was born in Newton County on January 22, 1937 to his parents...

Fred Tolleson

Fred Tolleson

Jul 1, 2017

Fred Don Tolleson Brandon, MS Fred Don Tolleson, 100, passed away on Saturday, July 1, 2017, at home.   Visitation will be 4-8pm Wednesday, July 5, 2017, at Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Brandon, MS.  Graveside services are 1pm Thursday, July 6, 2017, at Rocky Point Baptist Cemetery in Leake County. Mr. Tolleson attended Rocky Point Baptist Church.  He married Girdie Mangrum,  his...

Jessie Roberts

Jessie Roberts

Jun 30, 2017

Mrs. Jessie Oleta Roberts, age 92, a resident  Woodland Court  in Newton, passed away on Friday, June 30, 2017 following an extended illness. A native of Canton, TX, Mrs. Roberts was born November 11, 1924  to her parents Columbus Knowles and Allie Burns Knowles.   Her family relocated to this area and she has resided here for many years.   She  was a Baptist.  She retired from...

William Bowman

William Bowman

Jun 30, 2017

William Wayne Bowman Brandon, MS William Wayne “Billy” Bowman, 74, departed this life and entered into his heavenly home June 30, 2017, after a courageous battle with cancer at the Baptist Medical Center in Jackson, MS.  Visitation will be 4pm until 8pm today at Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Brandon, MS.  Services are 3pm Monday, July 3, 2017, in the chapel...

Douglas Moore

Douglas Moore

Jun 30, 2017

A memorial service will be held at 10 am Thursday, July 6, 2017 at Hudspeth Regional Center at Whitfield. He was preceded in death by his parents, David and Mamie Moore. Survivors include cousins, Billy F. Alford, Judy Stone, Wayne Stone and John Stone.

Sarah Allison

Sarah Allison

Jun 29, 2017

Sarah Elizabeth Allison, 91, passed away at her home in Jackson, MS on Thurs. June 29, 2017. She was born in Baltimore, MD on July 10, 1925 to James W. Allison and Beatrix Steinacker Allison.  Dr. Allison was a graduate of the Johns Hopkins Hospital School of Nursing Class of 1953 and received her BS in nursing from Hopkins in 1959....

Mrs. Janet Mclaurin

Mrs. Janet Mclaurin

Jun 29, 2017

Janet Adalyn Fox McLaurin, 88, of Brandon, died from complications of a stroke on Thursday, June 29, 2017, at Hospice Ministries in Ridgeland.  Visitation will be at Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Brandon on Saturday, July 1, 2017 from 2 pm to 5 pm.  The funeral service will be at Brandon First United Methodist Church on Sunday, July 2, 2017 at...

Billy Scarberry

Billy Scarberry

Jun 29, 2017

Mr. Billy Glen Scarberry, age 67, a resident of Leesburg passed away on Thursday, June 29, 2017 at St. Dominic Hospital in Jackson.  His visitation was held 5pm-8pm Friday, June 30, 2017 at Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Morton.  Funeral services were held 2pm Saturday, July 1, 2017 from the Ott & Lee Chapel in Morton with Bro. David Bryant and...

Thomas Pierce

Thomas Pierce

Jun 29, 2017

Thomas Earl Pierce Brandon, MS Thomas Earl Pierce, 67, passed away on Thursday, June 29, 2017, at his home.  Visitation is 9am Wednesday, July 5, 2017, until the 11am chapel service at Ott and Lee Funeral Home in Brandon, MS.   Military services will follow at Mississippi Veteran’s Memorial Cemetery.  Rev. Michael Bradley officiating and pallbearers are Houston Jennings, Beau Jennings, Nicholas Edwards,...

Mr. Ronald Christopher

Mr. Ronald Christopher

Jun 28, 2017

Ronald Wayne Christopher, of Brandon, Mississippi, born June 8, 1942, in Fairchance, Pennsylvania, to James Edwin Christopher and Florence Mae Breakiron Christopher, died June 28, 2017, at seventy-five years old. He entered Heaven’s gates after a lengthy illness under exceptional care at Baptist Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi. Ron, as he was known to most, was a man of character. He...

Mr. Robert Long

Mr. Robert Long

Jun 28, 2017

Mr. Robert Earl Long age 74 passed away at his residence on June 28, 2017 in Morton, MS.  Funeral services were held on Saturday, July 1, 2017 at 10:00 am from the Ott and Lee Funeral Home Chapel in Morton, MS with Rev. Marty Wilson officiating the services.  Visitation services were held on Friday June 30, 2017 from 5:00 pm until 8:00...

Corine Harberson

Corine Harberson

Jun 27, 2017

Corine S. Harberson Brandon, MS Corine Stevenson Harberson, 87, passed away on Tuesday, June 27, 2017, at Hospice Ministries in Ridgeland, MS.  Visitation will be 1-2pm today at Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Brandon, MS.  Graveside services will be at 2:30pm today at Lakewood Memorial Park on Clinton Blvd in Jackson, MS. Mrs. Harberson was born in Jackson, MS on July...

Ernest Alber

Ernest Alber

Jun 26, 2017

Ernest Brian Alber Philadelphia, MS Ernest Brian Alber, 60, passed away on June 26, 2017, at The University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, MS.  A memorial services will be announced at a later date. Mr. Alber was born in Grand Junction, CO on August 11, 1956.  Before moving to Mississippi to start a family, he owned and operated a successful auto...

Billy Morrow

Billy Morrow

Jun 25, 2017

Billy Jean Morrow, 86, a resident of Pearl, MS passed away Sunday, June 25, 2017 at the VA Nursing Home in Jackson, MS. Funeral services will be held 2 pm Tuesday, June 27, 2017 at Ott and Lee Funeral Home in Brandon, MS with interment in Floral Hills Memory Gardens in Pearl, MS. Visitation will be held from 12-2 pm...

Alma Smith

Alma Smith

Jun 24, 2017

Alma Edith Smith, 85, a resident of Brandon, MS passed away Saturday, June 24, 2017 at Hospice Ministries in Ridgeland, MS. Funeral services will be held 11 am Wednesday, June 28, 2017 at Brandon Baptist Church in Brandon, MS with interment in the Little Rock Baptist Church Cemetery in Newton County. Visitation will be held from 5-7 pm Tuesday, June...

J.T. Wilkerson

J.T. Wilkerson

Jun 24, 2017

J.T. Wilkerson, age 63, a resident of Pelahatchie died June 24, 2017 at the G.V. “Sonny” Montgomery V.A. Medical Center in Jackson following an extended illness. Mr. Wilkerson was born on Thursday, February 4, 1954 in Forest, MS  to his parents Fred Wilkerson and Lousindy Shaw Wilkerson.  He was  a Baptist.  He was a longtime resident of Scott and Rankin County. Survivors include his...

Juanita Sinclair

Juanita Sinclair

Jun 23, 2017

Mrs. Juanita Nowell Sinclair age 60 passed away on June 23, 2017 at the St. Dominic Hospital in Jackson, MS.   There will be a Memorial Service held at Pelahatchie Baptist Church on Friday, June 30, 2017 at 10:00 am with visitation from 9:30 until 10:00 am on Friday, June 30, 2017.  Interment will be at the Veteran's Memorial Cemetery in Newton...

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